"The judgment of this grant does not mean that we should not maintain close ties with PSG. We will organise and we will keep these ties," Vuillermoz told Goal.com.

"The decision was taken after the consideration of several factors. First of all, we have to look at what the communities want and then we have to consider the very high budget that PSG has this season."

The deputy mayor of sports also revealed he was a fan of the club and was looking forward to witnessing the team's development in the future.

"Am I a supporter? Yes of course! PSG are on course to be champions and they will be great internationally in the future."